Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | October 21st, 2010
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
image credit: articotropical
The image on the left shows Urucum seeds. Native Indians of Brazil use urucum seeds to make red pigment.
Tips for small business: 7 biases that can effect your decision making – http://bit.ly/bA5KEF
Startup and Small Business Marketing: Website Optimization Mistakes – http://bit.ly/9Aw8Vh
Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – http://bit.ly/alHH1q
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
A/B Testing: Usability From A to B – http://bit.ly/bRoXX7
The Five W’s of Marketing – http://bit.ly/bhGTPm
Startup and Small Business Marketing: Website Optimization Mistakes – http://bit.ly/9Aw8Vh
The New Funding Landscape – http://bit.ly/aj9fbP
A Compilation of the Web’s Best Advice for Entrepreneurs – http://kiss.ly/coPSt8
Are You A Visionary Entrepreneur? – http://vh.co/ammqGb
Generating buzz for your startup: 43 bits of free advice from entrepreneurs – http://ow.ly/2Wf0F
If you have to tell someone you’re influential, then you’re not – http://bit.ly/94aQUE
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
My 9 Favorite Startup Lessons From Startup School – http://bit.ly/dc6cha
Skate Where the Puck is Going – http://bit.ly/dzHq41
Startup Failures: Five Ways To Crash Your Startup, Which Will You Pick? – http://bit.ly/8inbaT
Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding – http://bit.ly/9Pm6Fn
From Prototype to Community: Forrst Founder Kyle Bragger Shares His Startup Journey – http://bit.ly/9TR4Zi
Don’t Give Cash Performance Bonuses in a Loss-Making Company – http://bit.ly/a8S2xJ
How Much Are You Worth? – http://bit.ly/9UzSBJ
10 web start-ups (all mine) … and why they failed – http://bit.ly/bYqkPk
12 Point Elevator Pitch Strategy – http://bit.ly/9fbpVD
Product or Service Features Are Rarely A Competitive Advantage – http://bit.ly/alHH1q
Don’t be a conference ho – http://bit.ly/bRF244
The Five W’s of Marketing – http://bit.ly/bhGTPm
Social Media Insights From The Big Lebowski – http://bit.ly/bWl8jM
Why You’re a Social Media Douche – http://bit.ly/bVkAms
Considering crowd-sourcing? Better have a plan – http://bit.ly/bksGkf
59 Interesting Print Ads From 22 Companies – http://bit.ly/c8sB6H
Where’s @oldspice on Twitter these days, asks @edwardboches – http://bit.ly/ch4M3t
If you have to tell someone you’re influential, then you’re not – http://bit.ly/94aQUE
Power of Social Cloud – http://s.hbr.org/bsuUdb
Traffic Bait Doesn’t Bring Ad Clicks – http://nyti.ms/9KEel7
Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – http://bit.ly/aPWb9Q
Optimizing Conversion Rates with 5 Quantitative & Qualitative Tests (Part 2) – http://bit.ly/aWEbLG
Crowdsourcing Your Marketing Activities – http://slidesha.re/dBYH61
Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – http://j.mp/cCujU1
Fast Company’s “Influence Project” – So Lame, Fast Company Ignored Its Own Results – http://bit.ly/cyNgRV
Generating buzz for your startup: 43 bits of free advice from entrepreneurs – http://ow.ly/2Wf0F
A/B Testing: Usability From A to B – http://bit.ly/bRoXX7
Good comparison of new media brand vs. old – http://nyr.kr/9Zswdc
The Five W’s of Marketing – http://bit.ly/bhGTPm
30 Best Free Web Icons for All Kind of Projects – http://bit.ly/dzvu2z
Negotiation Tips For Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Freelancers – http://bit.ly/9yioyH
Tutorials On Creating Photo Realistic Mock-Ups – http://bit.ly/ce2iyD
Full Set Of Credit Card Icons By Graphicpeel – http://bit.ly/azWNUS
28 Very Useful Font and Typography Tools for Designers – http://bit.ly/b9zZjr
59 Interesting Print Ads From 22 Companies – http://bit.ly/c8sB6H
Absolutely Stunning Promotional Poster and Flyer Designs – http://bit.ly/aPWb9Q
Top 10 Icon Design Tutorials in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/9U1JSq
Book Covers: 75+ Awesome Designed Books – http://bit.ly/9SYSvc
Font Collection: 10 Free Humanist Sans Serif Fonts – http://bit.ly/9pSexD
65 Creative Pumpkin Carving Designs – http://bit.ly/bLzdqK
Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – http://bit.ly/1ySfi
Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/XTLkS
Font Collection: 10 Free Humanist Sans Serif Fonts – http://bit.ly/9pSexD
30 Web Design Galleries for Your Inspiration – http://bit.ly/bzIQ5J
Organization Tips For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/biJRpY
40 Brilliant Examples of Sketched UI Wireframes and Mock-Ups – http://ow.ly/2NLDe
All About jQuery: Plugins, Tutorials and Resources – http://bit.ly/cANOMq
50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/as5CS0
Showcase: Funky And Experimental Websites – http://bit.ly/c06OrT
Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design – http://bit.ly/ck8lb5
Font Collection: 10 Free Humanist Sans Serif Fonts – http://bit.ly/9pSexD
7 Useful Design Strategies for a Successful Pricing Page – http://ow.ly/2UOyl
Killing Sign Up Forms – http://bit.ly/95Dnn3
30+ Fresh Icon Sets for Web Designers and Developers – http://bit.ly/bz8vNO
UI Guidelines for mobile and tablet web app design – http://bit.ly/aRHh1G
25 Pink Web Designs to Inspire You – http://bit.ly/9wT9bx
The Square Grid – New CSS-Grid – http://bit.ly/clzWys
Full Set Of Credit Card Icons By Graphicpeel – http://bit.ly/azWNUS
10 Useful Free WYSIWYG HTML Editors For Web-Based Application – http://bit.ly/cMqzEB
4 Concepts for Simplistic Web Design – http://bit.ly/aT8bDd
30 Best Free Web Icons for All Kind of Projects – http://bit.ly/dzvu2z
4 Game-Changing Trends in Web App Design – http://bit.ly/aCRtFD
Nice behind-the-scenes on how google does user testing – http://bit.ly/asdo4i
Information Architecture 101: Techniques and Best Practices – http://bit.ly/9OAkY5
UI Guidelines for mobile and tablet web app design – http://bit.ly/aRHh1G
Killing Sign Up Forms – http://bit.ly/95Dnn3
IPad’s Natural User Interface at Work – http://bit.ly/bOWEz2
35 of the most incredible and creative bookshelves ever – http://bit.ly/bcakWN
80 Colorful Package Designs – http://bit.ly/cyByt2
Some very good screenwriting insights – http://bit.ly/bMRe1o
A Complete Guide to Effective Writing – http://bit.ly/d0srOf
Five Ways to Write Magnificent Copy – http://bit.ly/90Xr7o
Put Crowdsourcing to Work for You – http://bit.ly/cS85uh
Amazon’s Approach to Product Development – http://ow.ly/2US0O
How We Collaborate is More Important Than Who Collaborates – http://bit.ly/dhMoyM
What Are You Willing To Do For The Rest of Your Life? – http://ow.ly/2VwGJ
The Myth of Predatory Crowdsourcing – http://bit.ly/d2YzFC
Optimizing Conversion Rates with 5 Quantitative & Qualitative Tests (Part 2) – http://bit.ly/aWEbLG
New research shows shortcomings of visualization – http://bit.ly/c8BjUU
Music “fan funding” platform Sellaband scores its first chart success – http://bit.ly/bBpXVh
How Much Are You Worth? – http://bit.ly/9UzSBJ
Why change is so hard: self-control is exhaustible – http://bit.ly/akNxqH
Nice writeup w/ photos of @37signals new office – http://bit.ly/bgNlCs
FEDTALKS: How To Improve Government With Technology – http://bit.ly/bdsT5M
40+ Amazing Examples of Bokeh Photography – http://bit.ly/cCY1hk
Google continues to print money (nice new lines of business, too) – http://nyti.ms/cIyzIv
Why change is so hard: self-control is exhaustible – http://bit.ly/akNxqH
How To Lose Weight, Quit Coffee, and Stop Wearing Glasses (Part 1) – http://bit.ly/bLzeLC
Today’s issue of crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter (marketing, strategy, 2011 outlook) – http://bit.ly/cfTMoT
25 Funniest Airline Crew Members Lines – http://j.mp/bnvj06
Attn Google: The Rest of My Sci-Fi Wish List – http://tcrn.ch/bpJoCh
The Best Parent Fails – http://bit.ly/aEdZxi
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
